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busyant

Someone told me something similar once:

When giving a talk, your slides are not "the show." YOU are the show.

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But I don't wanna be the show. :(

I think it’s the story that’s the show. Not the slides not only the storyteller.

But also the storyteller and also the slides.

Every TED speaker is coached to start with a personal story.

Then why are you giving a talk?

They are making me do it

At 27:50, he relays a story about a grad student who did an experiment to see what the audience retained better: the slides, or the presenter's words. It seems the slides won out. So apparently the slides are the star of the show, whether you like it or not.

But if the slides are very sparse, it make YOU the star of the show.

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